https://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/issue/feedMedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research2017-11-03T12:59:24+01:00Kjetil Sandviksandvik@hum.ku.dkOpen Journal SystemsJournal of media and communication researchhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/97011Growing old with and via media2017-11-02T12:57:30+01:00Sara Mosberg Iversensiv@sdu.dkAnne Leonora Blaakildeal@blaakildes.netMonika Wilińskamonika.wilinska@ju.seKjetil Sandviksandvik@hum.ku.dk<p>What we understand at any given time as “old age” may seem to have a very straightforward and factual base. Yet, in the words of Simone de Beauvoir, “as far as our own species is concerned old age is by no means easy to define” (de Beauvoir, 1996, p. 9). Even the most positivist sciences have to admit that old age is a “a heterogeneous event that some individuals tolerate better than others” (Balcombe &amp; Sinclair, 2001, p. 845). That is, “old age” as a biological and physiological phenomenon has many and variable causes that may become visible at differing points in individual lives. Moreover, the phenomenon of ageing cannot be explained by any one universal theory (Balcombe &amp; Sinclair, 2001, pp. 845-846). What it means to be old in a particular society at any given time is, thus, a matter of social and cultural construction that may vary greatly from place to place and at different historical times (Hazan, 1994). </p>2017-11-02T12:57:30+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 author and journalhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/24698”I trust what’s written but I don’t think it’s good”: Old age pensioners’ persistency in the practice of obtaining information from the news media2017-11-02T12:57:31+01:00Karin Ljuslinderkarin.ljuslinder@umu.seAnna Sofia Lundgrenanna.sofia.lundgren@umu.se<p>In spite of the fact that we are living in a digital era the position of traditional news media as the first chosen source of information has not been altered. This is especially true when it comes to older persons. What are the reasons for this persistency? This article gives an account of how older persons reflect on whether and why they believe in, and trust, news press reporting and their reasons for acquiring news from traditional news media. Using a discourse theoretical logics approach we found that whether or not the informants believed in and trusted the news they all referred to an overarching fantasy stating that it is a right and an obligation of an ideal citizen to update oneself of the surrounding world via the news media. We also found social habits to be crucial for the informants’ practice of obtaining information from the news media.</p>2017-11-02T12:57:31+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 author and journalhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/24709Så kommer det et lite pling … Internett og sosiale mediers betydning for eldres hverdagsliv [Then there's a little pling ... The significance of the Internet and social media for older adult's everyday lives]2017-11-02T12:57:31+01:00Malene Paulsen Liemalene.p.lie@nord.no<p>Quantitative studies show that older adults are the main consumers of traditional mass media, but also that their use of the Internet and social media increases every year. Despite these developments in the media usage of older adults, only a few studies have inquired into the ways in which older adults use the Internet and social media in everyday life. The current study is based on semi-structured, long interviews with older Internet users. The empirical material documents that usage of the Internet plays a significant role for the participants' experience of time and place. However, the descriptions of the everyday rhythm of media useage differs between those who use social media and those who do not. While the non-users adhere to a more linear "media rhythm" with fixed times of use, those who do use social media show a more dynamic and interactive everyday rhythm. For instance by being contineously drawn into new conversations and discussions by Facebook notifications. The study indicates that the use of Facebook, and the Internet in general, plays a transformative role for the everyday life of older adults and their relations with others.</p>2017-11-02T12:57:31+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 author and journalhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/24749Old people, video games and french press: A topic model approach on a study about discipline, entertainment and self-improvement.2017-11-02T12:57:31+01:00Gabrielle Lavenirgabrielle.lavenir@gmail.comNicolas Bourgeoisnbourgeo@phare.normalesup.org<p>Over the past few years, the French mainstream press has paid more and more attention to "silver gamers", adults over sixty who play video games. This article investigates the discursive and normative paradigms that underlie the unexpected enthusiasm of the French mainstream press for older adults who play video games. We use mixed methods on a corpus of French, Swiss and Belgian articles that mention both older people and video games. First, we produce topics, that is, sets of words related by their meanings and identified with a Bayesian statistical algorithm. Second, we cross the topic model results with a discursive analysis of selected articles. We preface the topic modeling's conclusions with a discussion of the representations of older people and video games in European French-language mainstream media. Our analysis explores how the press coverage of older people who play video games simultaneously erases moral panic about video games and reinforces the discourse of "successful ageing".</p>2017-11-02T12:57:31+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 author and journalhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/24908The look of ageing: Agelessness as post-feminist cool? - The aging female CEO in contemporary US TV series2017-11-02T12:57:31+01:00Anne Jerslevjerslev@hum.ku.dk<p>Recently, older women have started becoming more visible in the media: in film, on television, and in fashion and beauty ads. Taking as my case the representations of the ageing woman as successful CEO in three recent US television series, I address the kind of visibility that is embodied by the older female character in contemporary media. Drawing on discussions of ageing and the female body from cultural gerontology and cultural studies as well as theoretical discussions and empirical studies of representations of ageing women in film and television, I address the notions of agelessness and age appropriateness in relation to the three female CEOs and ask whether the characters represent alternative media images of the older female or merely a new form of ageism.</p>2017-11-02T12:57:31+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 author and journalhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/23511Communication ethics and the receiver: Contribution to an ethic of strategic mass communication2017-11-03T12:59:24+01:00Jan Foght Mikkelsenjfm@ruc.dk<p>The author wants to contribute to an ethic of strategic communication by proposing a general ethical norm for all strategic communication. The author wants to outline the focal point of the norm, the ethical basis of the norm, a precise definition of the norm and to show how it works. This norm focuses exclusively on the persuasive means used to get the sender’s message across. The question is whether the rhetorical means mislead the receiver. In order to answer this question, a norm of “fairness”, defined from the viewpoint of the receiver, is proposed. It is shown how “fairness” allows us to identify misleading means and to evaluate them on a common ethical ground.</p>2017-11-02T12:57:31+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication researchhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/2645112-talspigerne i medierne: Rammesætning og stereotypificering af højtpræsterende piger og kvinder i det danske uddannelsessystem [Straight-A girls in the media: The framing and stereotypification of high performance girls and women in the Danish system of education]2017-11-02T12:57:31+01:00Kenneth Reinecke Hansenkeha@phmetropol.dkJonas Nygaard Blomblom@journalism.sdu.dk<p>Over the last couple of decades, girls and women have generally outperformed boys and men in the educational system, and in the Danish media, high-achieving girls and women are often referred to as straight A girls (Danish: 12-talspiger). In this article, we conduct a corpus linguistic analysis of the frames constructed around the concept of straight A girls in Danish national newspapers (N = 215 articles). The analysis shows that straight A girls are framed as sick and conform in a societal culture dominated by performance pressure. Th e frames are primarily manifested in contrasting pairs where seemingly positive attributes are aff ected by or turned into negative assessments, and in highly generalizing and exorbitant accounts reflecting a stereotypical conception of the girls. Conversely, the under-achieving boys are framed as easy-going and festive, but concurrently, also more innovative and independent. The article gives a critical account of such stereotypes, which could have substantial consequences for society’s understanding and treatment of girls and women under education.</p>2017-11-02T12:57:31+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 author and journalhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/2435720 år med Tolkien: Forandrede fællesskaber på nettet [20 years with Tolkien: Transformed online communities]2017-11-02T12:57:32+01:00Stine Gotvedgotved@itu.dk<p>In the last 20 years, online communities have changed profoundly. The development from well-defi ned entities into distributed networks is described through the lens of three case studies (1996, 2006, and 2016) of the same newsgroup (rec.arts.books.tolkien). In between these investigations, the more general changes are described – internet access is far more widespread, and the communication has moved from nerdy exchanges to mundane and mainstream. Today, the social media platforms are dominant, and while the studied fan culture on Facebook is represented primarily by commercial interests, the dedicated fan communities are found elsewhere, in fora still text based, asynchronous and with relative anonymity.</p>2017-11-02T12:57:32+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication researchhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/97168Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen: Lars von Triers fornyelse af filmen 1984-2014. [Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen: Lars von Trier's renewal of film 1984-2014.]2017-11-02T12:57:32+01:00Steen Ledet Christiansensteen@cgs.aau.dk2017-11-02T12:57:32+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 author and journalhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/26374Johan Jarlbrink & Ingela Wadbring: Distansläsning ock nätverksanalys: Digital metoder för gamla och nya medier. [Johan Jarlbrink & Ingela Wadbring: Distance reading and network analysis: Digital methods for new and old media.]2017-11-02T12:57:32+01:00Jacob Ørmendcs499@hum.ku.dk2017-11-02T12:57:32+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 author and journalhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/97184Ryan M. Milner: The World Made Meme: Public Conversations and Participatory Media.2017-11-02T12:57:32+01:00Andreas Lenander Ægidiusaegidius@sdu.dk2017-11-02T12:57:32+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 author and journalhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/96760Donald G. Godfrey & Susan L. Brinson (eds.): Routledge Reader on Electronic Media History2017-11-02T12:57:32+01:00Ayodeji Olalekan Awobamiseayodeji.awobamise@gmail.com2017-11-02T12:57:32+01:00Copyright (c) 2017 author and journal